Swami Shivapadananda speaks about calling on God
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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[At a Yoga Camp Swamiji said:]
Now in this camp you are here to strive for God. And how do you get the idea of striving for God? Sri Ramakrishna said, 'In Kali Yuga [literally, the dark age or Epoch] even if a man can go into solitude for three or four days and cry for God, he is sure to get God.' Yearn for God. God is very sure to reveal Himself to you.
We are not doing this sadhana [spiritual practice] for pleasure. We are here on the advice of the great spiritual scientists Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda.
When you go from here carry this strength of spirituality, carry this strength of love, carry the strength that will reveal to others that you have been to a spiritual divine ocean where you have had a dip in the ocean of Satchidananda – Existence Knowledge Bliss Absolute – concretised in Sri Ramakrishna.
We should remember that when we go to a Yoga Camp our lives should become simpler, they must become purer, we must have character, character which is rooted in principle, rooted in our dharma, [way, righteousness, path] purity within and without, purity in thought, word and deed.
A sadhaka [spiritual aspirant], after realisation, does not turn into a hard-hearted being. Rather, he becomes full of compassion and serves the whole universe. After he has realised the truth he does not go about saying, 'Ah, all this is maya [illusion/delusion] so give it up.' Those who say this are those who have not realised the truth. You must also remember that a jivan mukta [so-called individual soul] serves the world. He is not a lazy person.
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Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nischalananda Puri, Swami Shivapadananda
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Reference websites (please mouse-over
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Ramakrishna Dham, Swami Shivapadananda 2